The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Users can match with Klea, 27, a self-described “nepo baby embracing her wild side.” Aisha, 25, is looking for a “nerdy type” with a “good sense of humor.” Theo, 23, is a French architect who’s “ready […]
Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch
TuSimple, a publicly traded company developing self-driving trucks, is doing regular test runs on an expressway in Japan, marking its entrance into the island nation, the company said Tuesday. The testing on Japan’s Tomei Expressway, which connects Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, suggests TuSimple is doubling down on its Asia-focused business. Back in December, the company […]
TuSimple has started testing its self-driving truck tech in Japan by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Nuview, a startup that wants to map the entire landmass of the Earth on an annual basis using space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) technology, has raised $15 million so far, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. That capital includes a $3 million seed round and an in-progress Series A, of which $12 million has closed so […]
Nuview’s lidar satellites hit $15M in funding as Leonardo DiCaprio joins latest round by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram may be working on an AI chatbot, according to images leaked by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi. According to the leaks, which reflect in-progress app developments that may or may not ship, these AI agents can answer questions or give advice. Users can pick between 30 different AI personalities, who can also help users write […]
Instagram might be working on an AI chatbot by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Founders need to know whether the people they’re getting into business with understand how to operate during a downturn.
TechCrunch+ roundup: 10 questions to ask a VC, AI and antitrust, Japan investor survey by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Last fall, after playing around with OpenAI’s GPT-3 text-generating AI model — the predecessor to GPT-4 — former Uber research scientist Jerry Liu discovered what he describes as “limitations” around the model’s ability to work with private data (e.g., personal files). To solve for this, he launched an open source project, LlamaIndex, designed to unlock […]
LlamaIndex adds private data to large language models by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch